Stromanthe

Stromanthe tonckat

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Stromanthe
Species: S. angustifolia – S. bahiensis – S. boliviana – S. confusa – S. glabra – S. guapilesensis – S. hjalmarssonii – S. idroboi – S. jacquinii – S. macrochlamys – S. palustris – S. papillosa – S. popolucana – S. porteana – S. ramosissima – S. schottiana – S. sellowiana – S. stromanthoides – S. thalia – S. tonckat

Name

Stromanthe Sond., Neue Allg. Deutsche Garten- Blumenzeitung 5: 225 (1849)

• Type species: Stromanthe thalia (Vell.) J.M.A.Braga, Eugeniana 21: 23 (1994-1995 publ. 1995)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Kerchovea Joriss. in Ann. Bot. Hort. 32: 201 (1882)
  • Marantopsis Körn. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(I): 97 (1862)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical America Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sonder, O.W. 1849. Neue allgemeine deutsche Garten- und Blumenzeitung 5: 255.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 2004. World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1–54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Stromanthe in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 May 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Stromanthe. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Stromanthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2015.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stromanthe in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

مصرى: سترومانثى
беларуская: Строманте
suomi: Nukkuleenat
polski: Stromante
русский: Строманта
svenska: Broktoppar
українська: Строманта
中文: 短筒竹芋属, 紫背竹芋属

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